Globe-holder.



H. H. HIPWELL.

GLOBE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914 K I Attorneys Inventor,

lINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' HARRY H. HIPWELL, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLOBEI-IOLDER.

To all; whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY H. HIPWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Globe-Holder, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to globe holders and has for its object the provision of a globe holder of simple construction which may be produced cheaply and which will hold a globe in a convenient and satisfactory manner.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a side eleva tion of the improved globe holder, showing a globe mounted therein. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the grips in their normally contracted condition. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the grips in globe receiving position, previous to release.

Referring to the drawings by the reference characters marked thereon, 1 designates a casing of suitable construction, and preferably provided with openings 2.

3 designates globe holding grips which may be pieces of wire bent to conform approximately to the interior of the casing 1 and each of which comprises a little more than half the circumference of the casing. The grips 3 are each bent to form an extension at at one end, an extension or lug 5 intermediate of the ends, and a small handle 6 which is formed on the opposite, overlapped ends of the grips The extensions 4 of the grips are preferably engaged in openings 7 formed in the flange of the casing 1.

8 8 designates elongated openings formed in the flanges of the casing 1 and adapted to receive the lugs 5, and 9 designates an elongated opening opposite the opening 7 in the casing and adapted to receive the handles 6 slidably. The grips 3 are preferably of such construction that when left free they take the form shown in Fig. 2, but when the handles 6 of the grips are brought together as shown in Fig. 3, the grips are spread apart, as shown in that figure, and are in position to receive a globe or similar struc Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Serial No. 716,765.

ture. The handles 6 of the grips 8 can be brought together, as shown in Fig. 3, by pressure of the finger and thumb, and permit the introduction of a globe 10 between the grips 3. When the handles 6 are released, the grips 8 contract around the globe 10 and hold the same in the casing 1.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A globe holder including a casing comprising an annular flange having a hole, a pair of wire globe grips, each comprising an extension which is disposed in the hole in the flange, a U-shaped intermediate loop, the flange having an opening receiving the loop sl'idably, and an elongated portion, the flange having a slot opposite to the hole and re ceiving the elongated portion slidably, the grips being resilient and normally constrained to apply pressure to a globe when the same is fitted between the grips.

2. In a globe holder, the combination of a casing comprising an annular flange, a pair of wire globe grips each comprising a lug at one end which extends through a small hole on the flange, a Ushaped loop which extends through an opening at one side of the fiange,-and an elongated end portion, the elongated end portions being overlapped to permit the opening between said grips to be increased by pressing said end portions together.

3. A globe holder comprising a casing; and a resilient, arcuate, gripping structure within the casing, the globe gripping structure being provided with means to engage the casing, and being provided at its free ends with handles which project beyond the casing, the globe gripping structure being provided, intermediate said means and the handles, with a lug, and the casing having a slot in which the lug is mounted for movement circumferentially of the casing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY H. HIPVVELL. Witnesses A. VVALsH, E. N. HIPWELL.

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